Research
Recent Research
An Affirmative Right to Healthy Brain Development for Children
This project is based on the conceptual framework of “collective cognitive capital” that utilizes brain and behavioral science to evaluate public policy decisions based on how they affect the brain functioning of the population. Under this theoretical framework, this project explores how ...
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Institutional Survey of CA Court Schools
This study aims to understand the impact of California’s recent juvenile justice realignment on educational services being provided to detained youth, identify best practices to enhance literacy, assess policies for identifying learning disabilities and behavioral health problems in court schools, ...
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Mount San Antonio College Study of Enrollment and Completion by Students with Learning Differences
This past academic year, the CA Institute team at UCLA has worked with their community college partner, Mount San Antonio College (Mt. Sac) to conduct preliminary descriptive analysis on enrollment and outcome trends across 5 school years between students who participate in Mt. ...
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Partnership with the UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning and the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR)
The California Institute is partnering with the UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning and the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) a division of California Health and Human Services (CalHHS). This partnership marks a significant step towards enhancing teacher education programs ...
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Rancho Cielo Youth Campus Partnership and Collaborations
Project 1: Rancho Cielo Cognitive and Literacy Intervention Study: This groundbreaking pilot collaboration is broken down into two stages. In Stage 1, students were assessed with neuropsychological, academic, and behavioral health screeners. These assessments identified both learning challenges and highlighted ...
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Scoping Review on Trauma Treatments for Legally Involved Youth with Learning, Cognitive, and Intellectual Disabilities
Collaborators in the Juvenile inJustice Behavioral Health Lab at UCSF have prepared a scoping review of published literature evaluating trauma-focused mental health interventions for legally involved youth with learning, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities. The manuscript illuminates the need for targeted research ...
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